Improvement in window-blinds



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improvement in Window-Blinds. N0. 129,435, Patentedluly 16,1872.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

THOMAS J. STRATTON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN WINDOW-BLINDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,435, dated July 16, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TEIos. J. STRATTCN, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Window-Blind; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of the saine.

SPECIFICATION.

Figure l. is an inside view of the window having attached thereto the blind. Fig. 2 is an outside view of the window and blind. Fig. 3 is a side view. Fig. 4 is a vertical section. Fig. 5 is an outside view having the blinds partially raised. Fig. 6 is an outside view of the blind wholly. raised. Fig. 7 is a detached section.

Like letters of reference denote like parts in the different views.

The nature of this invention relates to window blinds or shutters; and the object thereof is to provide for a secure closing of the window by means of a series of sliding shutters, which may be arranged on the outside or on the inside of the window. Said shutters are secured in recesses made in the casing of the window, and are raised by means of a strap or cord. Said shutters or blinds are constructed and operated substantially in the manner as follows:

In the drawing, A represents the windowcasing, and B the sash secured therein in the ordinary Way. In each side of the windowframe, on the outside of the building, is formed a recess, C, Fig. 3, provided with a series of shoulders, D. In said recess are fitted the ends of the sections 2 3 4 5 of the blinds, Fig. 2.d

The upper edge of sections 2, 3, and 4 are of the shape shown in Fig. 7, in which it will be seen that the ends project forward, forming points et, the purpose of which will presently be shown. The uppermost section 5 of the blind is a fixture, whereas the lower ones are movable in the recess. Each section of the entire blind rests upon a corresponding shoulder D, respectively, and is thereby prevented from sliding downward below the shoulder, whereas they can be raised above them by means of the strap or cord E, Fig. 1. One

end of said strap is attached to the lower section 2 ofthe blinds, whereas the opposite end is carried up near to the top of the casing and passed over a roller, F, to the inside of the window, and depends therefrom to within easy reach of a person.

The sections of the blind are raised by pulling upon the strap referred to. One section only may be raised, as shown in Fig. 2, or two may be raised, as shown in Fig. 5, or all of them, as shown in Fig. 6. The first section is raised by being directly pulled upon by the strap, whereas the second is lifted by the upper edge of the first, pushing upward upon the projections a of the upper edge of said second section. The third and fourth are also raised in the same way-that is to say, the lower sections pushing upward the consecutive ones above by their upper edge coming in contact with the projections referred to until all are raised, or as many as may be desired.

The series of sections constituting the entire blind may be arranged on the inside of the window, instead of on the outside, as above described. In that case the strap should be changed from the roller F to the roller Cr, thereby making a set of sliding inside blinds for the window, the sections of which may be more or less in number.

The projections a not only serve to raise the sections upward, but they also prevent the sections from falling off the shoulders, as the ends of the projections extend across the recess to theside, as shown in Fig. 4. By this means the sections are retained in a vertical line with each other.

Instead of making the sections with points or projections a, brackets may be fastened on for the same purpose.

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What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement and combination of the sections l 2 3 4 5, cord E, shoulders D, and recesses C in the manner as and for the pur pose set forth.

THOMAS J. STRATTON.

Witnesses:

` W. H, BURRIDGE,

A. F. CORNELL. 

